2 Kings 15:17:42 Kgs.15.17.W4TAB
שָׁנָ֔ה
shana
“year”
- Transliteration
- sha-NA
- Extended
- shaa-NAH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-NA
- clause
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha sha-NA la-a-zar-YA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA MA-lakh me-na-KHEM ben-GA-di al-yis-ra-EL E-ser sha-NIM be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The temporal phrase bishnat šəlōšîm wāṯēšāʿ šānāh {בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָה | bišnăt šəlōšîm wāṯēšāʿ šānāh} ‘in the thirty-ninth year’ uses the preposition b- plus a construct numeral chain for regnal dating.
Root and etymology
š-n-hshin–nun–he
“year”
In context — 2 Kings 15:17
In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 15:17, so the Hebrew word שָׁנָ֔ה (shana) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.15.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.17.W4.S1) and character.